Krzysztof Rutkowski

Born in 1953. Writer and translator. Professor at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw. Has been living in Paris for over a quarter of a century. Lectured at the University of Paris VIII, at the Paris Catholic Institute at Sorbonne. He has been conducting seminars at higher education centres in Poland for 5 years. Author of over a dozen books, among others: “Przeciw(w)literaturze. Essay on the active poetry of Miron Białoszewski and Edward Stachura” (1985); “Brotherhood or death. Killing Mickiewicz in the Circle of a Divine Cause” (three editions, first 1988); “Parisian passages. Story about secret passages” (four editions, first: 1995); “The Stake for Adama” (1996); “Master. Spectacle” (1996); “Agenda of the century's end” (1997); “Death in Water” (1999); “The Homeless Prince” (1999); “Saint Roch’s Church” (2000); “Stendhal in Love” (2006); “The Last Passage” (2007); “Wokulski in Paris”. He has translated thousands of pages from French to Polish, among others, four of Pascal Quignard’s books and three volumes by Daniel Beauvois.